Proposed amendment would bar Arizona from taking money from military children's scholarship accounts

A new section of the Arizona Constitution would bar the state from confiscating money from certain scholarship accounts. It covers children of military families (a parent on active duty, on active duty when eligibility was set, or killed in the line of duty) who have accounts under a state program that lists them as eligible and meet its enrollment rules. The account must be set up and kept by the state and usable for tuition or fees at eligible postsecondary schools: Arizona's public universities, community college districts, or accredited private schools. Closing an account does not count as confiscation when the holder is found responsible for illegal activity after individualized due process, closes or fails to renew voluntarily, graduates from an eligible school, or is ineligible because the student did not enroll for at least four consecutive years after high school. The amendment would take effect only if voters approve it and the Governor proclaims it. It goes to voters at the next general election.

Any bill or voter-approved measure that violates the protection would be void in its entirety. It covers bills enacted into law and measures approved by voters on or after November 1, 2026. A court may not sever any part of a bill or measure that violates the protection. It applies to bills and measures approved on or after November 1, 2026.